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''le'' means ''with''
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''le'' means ''with'' or sometimes ''by''
  
==uses==
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==Forms==
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===Simple forms===
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bare form: le 'with a'
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definite form: leis an 'with the'
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===Basic inflected forms===
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Like most prepositions, ''air'' can be inflected for [[Person (definition)|person]], [[number (definition)|number]], and [[Gender (definition)|gender]]. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word ''orm''.
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<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
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<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>leam<TD>leinn
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<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>leat<TD>leibh
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<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>leis<TD rowspan="2">leotha
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<TR><TH>Fem<TD>leatha
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</TABLE>
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===Emphatic Inflected forms===
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Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")
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<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
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<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>leamsa<TD>X
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<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>X<TD>X
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<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>X<TD rowspan="2">X
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<TR><TH>Fem<TD>X
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</TABLE>
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===Possessive inflected forms:===
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No Special forms are used for possessives, although occasionally one might find the abbreviated ''orra<sup>L</sup>'' 'on your' instead of ''air do'' (not to be confused with ''orra'' "on them"). (Mark 2004:20)
  
==forms & inflection ==
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<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
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<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>X<sup>L</sup><TD>X<sup>N</sup>
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<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>X<sup>L</sup><TD>air bhur<sup>N</sup> / X<sup>N</sup>
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<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>X<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">X<sup>N</sup>
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<TR><TH>Fem<TD>X<sup>H</sup>
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</TABLE>
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Note: ''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial (definition)|labial]] [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] <m, b, p,  f>
  
Before articles it takes the form ''leis'' as in ''leis a' pheann''
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==uses==
  
 
==see also==
 
==see also==

Revision as of 10:04, 29 July 2012

le means with or sometimes by

Forms

Simple forms

bare form: le 'with a' definite form: leis an 'with the'

Basic inflected forms

Like most prepositions, air can be inflected for person, number, and gender. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word orm.

singularplural
1stleamleinn
2ndleatleibh
3rdMascleisleotha
Femleatha

Emphatic Inflected forms

Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")

singularplural
1stleamsaX
2ndXX
3rdMascXX
FemX


Possessive inflected forms:

No Special forms are used for possessives, although occasionally one might find the abbreviated orraL 'on your' instead of air do (not to be confused with orra "on them"). (Mark 2004:20)

singularplural
1stXLXN
2ndXLair bhurN / XN
3rdMascXLXN
FemXH

Note: am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonants <m, b, p, f>

uses

see also

References